Fabric Code: tpr440

Tongatapu partial placer

Indigenous to Tongatapu. Orthopyroxenes as well as clinopyroxenes.

Sites:

Mineral and Rock Abundances

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 0 1 3 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 na
Min 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Tonga

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_71_26 Lapaha (Tongatapu) Tongatapu 0 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, vitric
WD_71_4 Pea (Tongatapu) Tongatapu 0 0 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, vitric
WD_71_5 Nukuleka (Tongatapu) Tongatapu 0 1 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 microlitic, felsitic, vitric

WD_71_26

Tongatapu_2_1 Tongatapu_2_1
Sherd To7_2-1 from Lapaha (Tongatapu). Slide WD_71_26 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Partial placer.


WD_71_4

Tongatapu_TO_1_247 Tongatapu_TO_1_247
Sherd To1_247 from Pea (Tongatapu). Slide WD_71_4 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Partial placer.


WD_71_5

Tongatapu_TO_2_653 Tongatapu_TO_2_653
Sherd To2_653 from Nukuleka (Tongatapu). Slide WD_71_5 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Partial placer.


References:

183 Tongatapu, Tonga 1999 (Dickinson, W.)